298 TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 168. — Ownership of sawtimber in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by section. 1953 



Tvpe of ownership 



All sections 



North 



South 



West 



Coastal 





Volume 



Proportion 



Alaska 



Private: 



Farm . _ . . 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 308 

 772 



Percent 

 15.0 

 37. 5 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 102 

 132 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 144 

 178 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 62 

 462 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 



Forest industries and other private 



C) 





Total -. _____ .. .. 



1,080 



52.5 



234 



322 



524 



(') 







Public: 



National forest _ _ _ - 



766 

 45 

 80 

 10 

 64 

 12 



37.2 



2. 2 



3. 9 

 .5 



3. 1 

 . 6 



13 

 2 



(') 

 2 

 11 



4 



23 



(') 



1 

 7 

 3 



1 



647 

 43 

 73 



1 

 50 



7 



83 



Indian ^ __ _ 



(') 



Bureau Land Management ^ 



6 



Other Federal . . _ _ 





State 





County and municipal 







Total 



977 



47.5 



32 



35 



821 



89 



All ownerships 



2,057 



100.0 



266 



357 



1,345 



89 



' Less than 0.5 billion board-feet. 



2 Because of different definitions of commercial forest 

 land, and different cruising standards, specifications, and 



log rules, estimates for these ownerships may vary from 

 published figures of the public agencies concerned. 



Table \^% .^Ownership of sawtimber and growing stock in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by 



softwoods and hardwoods, 1953 



Tvpc of ownership 





Sawtimber 





Growing stoc 



k 





Total 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Total 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Private: 



Farm 



Forest industries and other private 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 308 

 772 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 140 

 579 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 

 168 

 193 



Billion 

 ni. ft. 

 103 

 201 



Billion 



cu. ft. 

 (') 

 (') 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 



0) 



(') 



Total 



1,080 



719 



361 



304 



0) 



(') 



Public: 



National forest 



766 



135 



64 



12 



740 



127 



53 



9 



26 

 8 



11 

 3 



163 



28 



18 



4 



152 

 25 



(') 



11 



Other Federal.. . 



:\ 



State. . - ...... 



(') 



County and municipal . 



(') 







Total ... . .. 



977 



929 



48 



213 



(') 



(0 





.\\\ ownerships 



2,057 



1,648 



409 



517 



355 



162 







Not available. 



